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    Andrew Jackson's Hermitage 4580 Rachels Lane, Hermitage, Tennessee, United States

    A White House Christmas Andrew Jackson’s niece Mary Donelson Wilcox described the Christmas of 1835 as “a frolic”. In addition to gifts and special sweet treats, the holiday included a snowball fight in the East Room. Jackson insisted on a Christmas morning trip to a local orphanage to impress on his young family members the...

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    Andrew Jackson's Hermitage 4580 Rachels Lane, Hermitage, Tennessee, United States

    How New Orleans Was Won Many people think of the War of 1812 as the Second American Revolution. We won the first Revolution, so why would we need to fight a second revolution? Find out as we look at Andrew Jackson’s victory over the British Army in New Orleans, ending the War of 1812 with...